Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1) Foster an appropriate balance between access and autonomy in four critical areas of financial oversight, students with disabilities and English learner compliance, recruitment and enrollment, and discipline. a) Deliverables include two in-person trainings and materials made available to all authorizers and follow-up access to selected tools and resources. Length of project is 6 to 12 months. 2) Develop a set of Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing to serve as a guide for formative development for charter authorizers to identify areas of improvement or refinement to achieve stronger outcomes. This project will promote additional goals that are the responsibility of the authorizers to address equal access, accountability and transparency, and autonomy of local operators a) Deliverables include state-specific Principles & Standards for Quality Authorizing ready for publication and dissemination. Length of project is 9 to 12 months. 3) Review current Indiana authorizer practices by developing a framework and conduct individualized formative collaboration sessions to analyze charter school authorizer practices to identify strengths and opportunities to grow their practice as a means to increase the percentage of schools in their portfolio rated as quality or improved. a) Deliverables include an evaluation framework, criteria, and trainings. Length of project is dependent upon the number of authorizers participating in the pilot evaluation, but is expected to occur over the five-year life of the grant.